Humanities 6 Homework

Vocabulary
Students have a list of words for the Land Use Unit. They should define each term in words that they understand and then write a sentence for each. Remember to use proper conventions, especially ending punctuation.

Thursday, January 31st
Math
Grade 8
There is NAEP testing for the 8th grade this afternoon so there are no new tasks.  There is a check-up next Tuesday for the first two investigations of Looking for Pythagorus.

Grade 7
The seventh grade is having a LSA, local common assessment, Stretching and Shrinking.  They should review their vocabulary and work the work they have done.

Sixth Grade Humanities

The students did a nice job on their compare/contrast paragraphs. Today's lesson reviewed how to develop a good research question as we move into our second research project of the unit: looking at the growth of cities in the U.S. There is no new homework tonight.

Science 7/8

All students are encouraged to make corrections on their density test, Scuba Diver.  By making the corrections, you become eligible for the retest.  You must take the retest in order to change your grade(s).  The retest will focus in on the parts that you scored a "W" or an "I" and NOT the parts that you scored an "M" or above.  See Mr. D. if you have any questions!

Tuesday, January 29th
Math
Grade 8
*new task - page 21A-E  Square roots
Students have notes from yesterday and the 5X5 grids they used for drawing squares for page 19 they can reference
Continue work on page 26#42 and page 29#47&48

Grade 7
We worked with rotations today.
Students should continue work on:
Skill:Similar Polygons, and Skill: Using Similarity

English/Language Arts update

Hello,
As the temperature swiftly plummets and slowly rises; the snow descends, gathers, and then melts, we may think of the hardships that accompany life in the northern lands. Students are thinking about land and how we use it, where we settle and why, in our new unit of study. This is an integrated unit between Social Studies and English. We are looking at land use and settlement, both historically and present day. In English, we are primarily learning how to do research and how to synthesize all of the information we find into a presentation. Students will be assessed along the way, so it is very important for them to be organized and have materials ready in both classes. On Wednesday, I will be checking off the following assignments: Research Vocabulary Definitions; Native American Venn Diagram; Research Question worksheet; 3 Researchable Questions; Vocabulary Study Tool/Puzzle

As always, please feel free to email me or call with any questions.
Take care

Progress Reports 7/8

Students were handed a packet that contains their progress report in each class.  Please look it over with your child and sign the first page.  Have your son or daughter return it to their core teachers as soon as possible.